Personality

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Chapter 1
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Personality

• Is the group of behavioral and emotional traits
  that distinguish an individual.

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3 Factors That Shape Personality

• Heredity- The sum of traits that are passed from
  your ancestors to you. Influences your
  appearance, attitude, intelligence and behavior.
  (inherited traits)
• Environment- All the conditions, objects, and
  circumstances that surround an individual.
  (acquired traits)
• Your response to your environment- You and a
  friend watch the same movie you may respond
  differently by thinking it was poorly acted they
  may think it was Oscar worthy.

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Howard Gardner

• Who?
• He was a psychologist who studied intelligence.
  He argues that humans have multiple intelligences
  or learning styles. He defines 9 styles

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Howard Gardner's 9 Styles
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Self Concept

• The way you see yourself.
• 3 Factors that are a part of your self image
• Your Appearance
• Your Personality Traits
• Your Abilities

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How Is Your Self Concept Formed?

• Comparing yourself to your peers.
• Knowing what you can and cannot do.
• The people you grew up around parents, family
  members, teachers, coaches, friends.. (They
  influenced your SC by reacting to your behavior)
• Knowing your strengths and weaknesses.

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Self-Esteem

• How you feel about yourself
• If you have a positive self-esteem, you recognize
  your weaknesses, accept them and work to be the
  best you can be.
• If you have a negative self-esteem, you may or
  may not recognize your weaknesses but struggle
  accepting them.

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6 Ways Individuals Grow

• Chronologically-Determined at birth and can not
  be altered. Each year you are one year older.
• Physical- Easiest to observe in adolescence
  because the body grow and goes through changes.
  In adulthood the body works to maintain itself.

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6 Ways Individuals Grow

• Intellectually- you inherit your potential for
  intellectual growth. People grow differently
  based on their environment and their response to
  that env. (IQ)
• Emotionally- How one handles their feelings.
• Socially- How one relates to others.
• Philosophically- Discovering your purpose in
  life.

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Nature vs. Nurture

• Nature- Heredity
• Nurture- Environmental

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Character

• Your sense of right and wrong
• It is the part of your personality that helps you
  make choices that are in line with your personal
  priorities.
• Begins in childhood by interacting with parents
  and adults. You learning what behaviors are
  acceptable and not acceptable. Then by accepting
  these standards as your own.

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7 Virtues

• Self-discipline- To be able to direct self and
  control behavior
• Responsibility- To be accountable for your
  actions
• Honesty and Integrity- To be real, genuine,
  truthful. To respect self and others.
• Loyalty- To care sincerely about the wellbeing of
  family, friends, and country.

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7 Virtues

• Compassion and Mercy- To take seriously the
  realities of other persons, their lives, and
  their emotions, as well as their circumstances.
• Motivation and Hard Work- Inner urge to take
  positive action.
• Perseverance- Sets goals and works hard to
  achieve them.

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Nature and Nurture affect your Character
Development

• Self Discipline- If you inherit ADD, attention
  deficit disorder, the way you are nurtured (your
  environment) will play a part in how you are able
  to control your behavior.
• How do you think this child born to a single
  mother, who works nights, and never goes to
  parent teacher conferences because she is to
  tired, self discipline will develop?

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Nature and Nurture affect your Character
Development

• In contrast if this same child is born to two
  parents where the mom stays home and goes to all
  parent teacher conferences. How will the childs
  self disciple develop?
• Honesty and Integrity- If a child sees his care
  taker constantly stealing from the store, get
  caught once, and deny that they stole anything.
  How do you think the childs honesty and
  integrity will develop.

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Nature and Nurture affect your Character
Development

• Honesty and Integrity- If a child sees his care
  taker constantly stealing from the store, get
  caught once, and deny that they stole anything.
  How do you think the childs honesty and
  integrity will develop.
• What played a part in this childs character
  development. Nature or Nurture?

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Becoming a Responsible or an Irresponsible Adult

• One of the task of adolescence is to become a
  responsible, independent adult.
• How does ones character development influenced
  by nature and nurture affect whether they become
  a responsible or irresponsible adult?
• Ex A child who grows up with a parent who abuses
  drugs will be more likely to do so themselves.
  This is because it may be accepted in the
  household. Creating a cycle of irresponsible
  behavior that could lean to undesirable
  consequences.

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Roadblocks For Responsible Adults

• May be one or more
• Poverty
• Un-employment
• Crime
• Drugs and Alcohol